BASE jumpers are pictured against the skyline shrouded in a thick haze during the Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump in Malaysia. More than 100 BASE jumpers take part in this extreme sport event, which enters its 15th year.

Visitors enjoy a ride on a ferris wheel at the 182nd annual Oktoberfest, backdropped by St. Paul's Cathedral in Munich, Germany. The world's largest folk and beer festival runs from 19 September to 04 October.

Evangelical Christian pilgrims from Brazil raise their hands in the air as they pray a mass baptism ceremony, in the waters of the Jordan River at Yardenit in northern Israel. According to the gospels Jesus Christ was baptized in the water of the Jordan River by John the Baptist.

Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the European Union's decision to inject $1 billion to help countries overwhelmed by Syrian refugees, but said more must be done to relocate migrants.

An Afghan soldier raises his hands as a victory sign, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a "symbolic victory" that showed the strength of the insurgency  even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days.

Israeli border police officers carry a right wing protester after he attempted to block a road during a demonstration, a day after a drive-by shooting by suspected Palestinian gunmen killed a Jewish settler couple driving home with their children, in Jerusalem.

A man carries his son as he walks through the haze on the way to his house as a fire burned peatland and fields in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The air pollution or haze has been an annual problem for the past 18 years in Indonesia. It's caused by the illegal burning of forest and peat fires on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo to clear new land for the production of pulp, paper and palm oil.

Pictures in the News | October 2, 2015

Friday’s Pictures in the News begins in Oregon, where community members attend a candle light vigil at Stewart Park for those killed during a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. Full story

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: BASE jumpers are pictured against the skyline shrouded in a thick haze during the Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump.

Yardenit, Israel: Evangelical Christian pilgrims from Brazil raise their hands in the air as they pray a mass baptism ceremony, in the waters of the Jordan River at Yardenit in northern Israel.

Lesbos, Greece: Refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the European Union’s decision to inject $1 billion to help countries overwhelmed by Syrian refugees, but said more must be done to relocate migrants. Full coverage

Kunduz, Afghanistan: The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a “symbolic victory” that showed the strength of the insurgency ó even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days.

Add stops in Indonesia, Pakistan, Israel and Guatemala to round out the report.